noun · masculine

cheiragōgos

Greekχειραγωγός (cheiragōgos)

Strong’sG5497

one who leads a helpless person by the hand

stem cheiragōg-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

someone to lead … bythe hand1×

What it means

* χειρ-αγωγός, -όν

(< χείρ, ἄγω)

leading by the hand. As subst., ὁ χ., one to lead by the head, a guide: Ac 13:11.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G5497 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkhi-rag-o-gos'

a hand-leader, i.e. personal conductor (of a blind person)

Fromfrom G5495 and a reduplicated form of G71;

King Jamessome to lead by the hand.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	cheiragōgos	cheiragōgois
object accusative	cheiragōgon	cheiragōgoin1×χειραγωγούς
direct address vocative	cheiragōgor	cheiragōgoir
of, belonging to genitive	cheiragōgou	cheiragōgoiu
to, for dative	cheiragōgo	cheiragōgoi

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

cheiragōgstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

cheiragōgo is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Words built on the same stem

cheiragōgamō — χειραγωγέω, I lead by the hand

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

cheiragōgoin“someone to lead … bythe hand”objectaccusative plural1×

Acts 13:11“someone to lead … bythe hand”kai nun idou cheiras kuriou epi sin, kai esi tuflos mē bleparōtos ton hēlion achri kairou. parachrēma de piptata epi auton achluas kai skotem, kai periagarōtos zētate cheiragōgoin.Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and for a time you will be blind and unable to see the light of the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.